These requirements will meet for the majority of transfer students who have completed 24 or more hours of approved college curricula at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution since their high school graduation date, before starting classes at WSU as a degree bound student. An RN to BSN advisor will develop an individualized plan-of-study.

Graduation and Program requirements:

  1. Each of these courses must be completed with a C/2.0 or higher.
  2. Graduation requirements
    1. 60 credit hours must be from a 4-year university
    2. Last 24 of 30 credit hours MUST be at Wichita State University
    3. 45 upper division hours (25 of these awarded via retroactive credit or Credit by exam)
    4. 124 credit hours total hours required for Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  3. 2.5 cumulative GPA for admission to the School of Nursing
  4. Licensed RN (must be obtained within the first 8-weeks of beginning the program)

The courses below meet prerequisite requirements:

Required Course(s) Credit Hours
ENGL 101 -- English Comp I 3
ENGL 102 -- English Comp II 3
COMM 111 -- Public Speaking 3
MATH 111 -- College Algebra 3
PSY 111 -- General Psychology 3
SOC 111 -- Intro to Sociology 3
PSY 325 -- Developmental Psychology (lifespan study) 3
CHEM 103 -- Intro Chemistry with Lab 5
BIOL 220 -- Microbiology with Lab 4
BIOL 223 or HS 290 -- Human A & P with lab 5
STAT 370 -- Elementary Statistics 3
TOTAL HOURS 38

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